directed by: Joshua Logan, year: 1958
actors: Mitzi Gaynor, Rossano Brazzi, John Kerr, Ray Walston

South Pacific is a 1958 American musical film adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's stage musical, directed by Joshua Logan. It follows Navy nurse Nellie Forbush and her romance with French planter Emile de Becque on a tropical South Pacific island during World War II, as prejudice and loyalties collide with the realities of war. Lavish song-and-dance numbers, striking color, and themes of love, cultural conflict, and forgiveness anchor this wartime romance.

Paradise, Musical, Romantic Drama, World War II Setting, Film Adaptation